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Re: The Taliban... some things to mull over
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 19 Sep 2001 19:46:25 GMT
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Oh boy!
Someone asked for a nitpicker. Here I am! I'd so
hate to disappoint.
<geek>
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 1 - his middle name isn't capitalised... for the nitpickers out there, does
> that mean you shouldn't capitalise it even at the start of a sentence? I
> forget...
In the case of Arabic, because it's Romanized, the LC
and Chicago standards are that in-name particles like
"ibn" or "al" (I would not be surprised if "bin Laden"
is, in its original Arabic, "ibn Laden") are *not*
capitalized within a sentence, but when they start a
sentence, they *should* be capitalized. (Chicago 7.12)
I can't speak for MLA; I don't have an MLA guide at
hand. But I'm willing to bet MLA style won't contravene
the LC on a matter of transliteration.
</geek>
best
LFB
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